Reading order
Encyclopedia Brown reading order
- Encyclopedia Brown, Boy Detective1963
- Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Secret Pitch1965
- Encyclopedia Brown Finds the Clues1966
- Encyclopedia Brown Gets His Man1967
- Encyclopedia Brown Solves Them All1968
- Encyclopedia Brown Keeps the Peace1968
- Encyclopedia Brown Saves the Day1970
- Encyclopedia Brown Tracks Them Down1971
- Encyclopedia Brown Shows the Way1972
- Encyclopedia Brown Takes the Case1973
- Encyclopedia Brown Lends a Hand1974
- Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Dead Eagles1975
- Every volume in order (27) ↓
1- 7.77.7 / 1087 ratings
- Score
- 27 volumes
- Volumes
- 1963–2012
- Published
- about 45 h
- Reading time
- Completed
- Status
- Short stories
- Genre
Quick answer
Start withEncyclopedia Brown, Boy Detective
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Publication order
27 volumes1963–2012Completed
- Donald J. Sobol’s mysteries for young readers about Leroy “Encyclopedia” Brown, the ten-year-old son of Idaville’s police chief, who solves cases for neighbourhood kids at twenty-five cents a day, with his partner Sally guarding him from the bully Bugs Meany.
- Each book holds about ten short cases with the solutions at the back, so readers can solve them first.
- Only the first has enough ratings.
- Read in any order.
A plan for the whole series
27 volumes, 2,478 pages, about 45 hours. At 45 min a day that is about 9 weeks.
Stages
3 stages, with 2 short books from outside the series between them. You finish around January 11, 2027, 13 days later than in one go.
- Stage 120 habout 4 weeksby November 25, 2026
- 1. Encyclopedia Brown, Boy Detective
- 2. Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Secret Pitch
- 3. Encyclopedia Brown Finds the Clues
- 4. Encyclopedia Brown Gets His Man
- 5. Encyclopedia Brown Solves Them All
- 6. Encyclopedia Brown Keeps the Peace
- 7. Encyclopedia Brown Saves the Day
- 8. Encyclopedia Brown Tracks Them Down
- 9. Encyclopedia Brown Shows the Way
- 10. Encyclopedia Brown Takes the Case
- 11. Encyclopedia Brown Lends a Hand
- BreakMaus · Art Spiegelman · 295 pp. · score 9.0
- Stage 219 habout 4 weeksby December 29, 2026
- 12. Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Dead Eagles
- 13. Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Midnight Visitor
- 14. Encyclopedia Brown Carries On
- 15. Encyclopedia Brown Sets the Pace
- 16. Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Mysterious Handprints
- 17. Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Treasure Hunt
- 18. Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Disgusting Sneakers
- 20. Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of Pablo's Nose
- 21. Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Sleeping Dog
- 22. Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Slippery Salamander
- 23. Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Jumping Frogs
- 24. Encyclopedia Brown Cracks the Case
- Short breakThe Fire Next Time · James Baldwin · 120 pp. · score 8.8
- Stage 37 h9 daysby January 11, 2027
- 25. Encyclopedia Brown, Super Sleuth
- 26. Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Secret UFOs
- 27. Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Carnival Crime
- 28. Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Soccer Scheme
- The end of the series
In one goDecember 29, 2026about 9 weeks
In stages, with breaksJanuary 11, 2027about 11 weeks · +8 h of other books
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How this plan is calculated
The plan comes from the pages and ratings of each volume: we split the series into stages of about three weeks’ reading, size each break to the stage before it, and read the chance of finishing from how many readers rate the last volume compared with the first. How we work out the plan →
Every volume in order
Read: 0 of 27
- Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Secret PitchBuyEncyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Secret Pitch–Not ranked yet
- Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Dead EaglesBuyEncyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Dead Eagles–Not ranked yet
- Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Midnight VisitorBuyEncyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Midnight Visitor–Not ranked yet
- Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Mysterious HandprintsBuyEncyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Mysterious Handprints–Not ranked yet
- Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Treasure HuntBuyEncyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Treasure Hunt–Not ranked yet
- Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Disgusting SneakersBuyEncyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Disgusting Sneakers–Not ranked yet
- Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of Pablo's NoseBuyEncyclopedia Brown and the Case of Pablo's Nose–Not ranked yet
- Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Sleeping DogBuyEncyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Sleeping Dog–Not ranked yet
- Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Slippery SalamanderBuyEncyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Slippery Salamander–Not ranked yet
- Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Jumping FrogsBuyEncyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Jumping Frogs–Not ranked yet
- Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Secret UFOsBuyEncyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Secret UFOs–Not ranked yet
- Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Carnival CrimeBuyEncyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Carnival Crime–Not ranked yet
- Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Soccer SchemeBuyEncyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Soccer Scheme–Not ranked yet
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Frequently asked questions
Which Encyclopedia Brown book is the longest?
“Encyclopedia Brown Takes the Case” is the longest at 116 pages; the shortest is “Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Jumping Frogs” with 69 pages.